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 The following account of the proceeding at >7'ng t^« «=ornfr 
 .toneofadermanEvan^lical Church, in thii City, has h«en rc- 
 printed (with some adclitiSns) from thp Montreal ncwijpaperH ch.efly 
 ^th a ^'.ew to circulation an.ong.t our friendn of the d.rterent Lng 1... 
 Tbngregations who haye niani?e»ted »o kindly an interest m the 
 success of our undcrtakingt 
 
 We are particularly desirous o» acting on ty friendly and judi- 
 cious advice of the Ilev. Mr. Kemp, by ^^^^^^^^y^f""'.^ '" ^ 
 power to have our Church opened free of debt. But if this desirable 
 Sbject be anyw.se attainable, it is alas I not br such sacrificeH as he 
 within the reach of our own little community, but can only be accom- 
 rSed tl^Jugh the generosity of such of our fellow-Christ.ans an God 
 •U seen It to place in easier woridly circurastonces ; and to t]ie,r 
 pious liberality we would therefore make our humble appeal. 
 
 Compared ^th the other churches of this city, the German con- 
 •ejratioo IS, and in the natural course of things is likely to remain, a 
 To^ The great majority of its members are I kely to be composfed 
 W a da s of hSmigrani who bring little wealth ^od^ mth them, 
 Ind of their descendants of the first generation. ^^ /^« »^ «;' '"^; 
 it is probable that many may cease to be connected w. us 
 the period of early youtli. Increasing famdianty With the English 
 language, the ties of new family alliances and th« ever growing con- 
 Ssnes's of a Canadian nationality, will favor their 'absorption into 
 some or other of those congregations, from which ^"'^ P«%"' ^""^J 
 of partition is not faith, not baptism, scarcely any longer nahon- ^ut 
 alnibst solely toneue : abd we would venture to appeal, not only to 
 IrChrS b^Tvolence, but also to. the enlightened patnoUsm of 
 out fellow-sutjects of Queen Victoria, whether 't^eiiot an object 
 worthy of their hearty co-operation, to endeavour that through the 
 S ble sing, children that seem destined one day to form a portion 
 ofSe industrious population of this flourishing "'7'/°" ^ J?^^^ 
 up in the knowledge and reverenee of God% word and ordinances 
 uSder an evangelical ministry, rather than be abandoned to a st^e of 
 practical heathenism, or to the proselytizing zeal of axhurch a^nst 
 wUch their forefathers were the first to set the example of protesting. 
 
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 This intoreiting ceremony wm performed on the efiernoon of 
 Thuriday, April 22d, by the Rev. Mr. Werner, minister of the Ger. 
 man Eranfelleal Proteatant*. 
 
 About half-pait (wo o'clock, a prooeaiioa was formed at the Ga- 
 briel street Chureh ; it waa chiefly compoaed of the German congre- 
 nlion of this city, and waa accompanied by their Paator, Rev. Mr* 
 Werner, who walked between hia Worahip the Mayor and the^CT. 
 Mr. Kemp. The Ratr. Dr. Wilkea and the Rev. Mr Bonar were 
 ■lao present. 
 
 The proeeaaioD began to move abont three o'clock ; the junior 
 membera of the German congregation in front, and the adults, with 
 their pastor, who was dressed in his clerical robes, bringing up the - 
 rear, along with his Worship the Mayor, Rev. Mr> Kemp, Dr. Wilkes 
 and Rev. Mr. Bonar. 
 
 The procession, aa it pasxed through Craig and Domini4ue streets, 
 presented a remarkably interesting appearance. When it had arrived 
 at the corner of Dominique and Dorohe«lpr nlreets, where the new 
 German Church, a neat and substantial edifice, is in the course of 
 construction, it halted. The Rev. Mr. Werner, (he Mayor, and the 
 Bev^Measra. Bonar and Kemp, together with Dr. Wilkes, ascended 
 the edifice, where a considerable number of ladies were awaiting their 
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 The alone was lb its position ready to be laid ; and a tin case, con- 
 taining the name of the Sovereign, the name of the Governor-General, 
 etc., was ready to bedepotited in a cavity prepared for it in the stone, 
 which Wais about to be placed on the eastern corner of the building. V 
 
 The speakera took their places on an elevation in thjs vicinity ; am) 
 the apace within the building having been speedily filled by the mem- 
 bera of the-Gerniau Congregation, and the public:— 
 
 Mr. A. Schmidt made the following remarks :— -' 
 
 Chsistiaii Fbiends, — I have been requested on behalf of th(>i 
 Troatees of the German Evangelical Church, to ikiake a few intro- 
 ductory obsenrationa before proceeding with the laying of the Corner 
 Stone. I much regret that the choice has not fallen upon one lietter 
 able to do justice to this office. 1 shall, however, be very brief, con- 
 
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 finini myieir to sueh nunarks ai are intimately eonneeiod with, and I 
 may aay, form tha short history or our Ghunsb. 
 
 ' Several fruitless attempts at different times baye been made to/ 
 establish a German Mission in this city. This object, so grave and 
 ail important, was again brought up for discussion among the German 
 Protestants of this city in the fall of the year 1853* Every one 01 
 them, and even those who had almost spent their whole life in< this 
 «ty, and amalgamated themselves with established Churches, felt 
 that never Hisappearing desire to listen again to the word of our Lord 
 preached in their own swefet mother tongue^.as they had been accus- 
 tomed to in their dOar old fatherland. But they had not only their 
 selwnterest in view, they considered themselves in duty boiind, to 
 lend theirhand in providing for those new arriving German Pro- 
 testants, Who, ignorant of the English language, were thus unfortu* 
 nately deprived of those blessings, which the attendance Of divine 
 worship when entered into with the right spirit, always more or less 
 produce. In consideration of these cHrcumstahces and others, which 
 It IS hardly necessary to mention, a ibeeting of German Protestants 
 was called on the 6th October, 1858, for the purpose of devjsing sued 
 ■means as would lead to the vocation and the appointment nf a resi- 
 dent German Protestant Minister in this city. Theresult of this and ' 
 another meeting held in the same month was, that subscriptions were 
 raised amdng ourselves, a board of Trustees jwo. <cM. elected, 
 andv invitations sent to a few German Ministers of the Evangelical 
 or Joint-Lutheran and Reformed Church, to fill the ministry' about 
 to be founded in this city. The Rev. Mr. Soldan, of Buffalo, 
 answered to our call, and preached a sermon for us in St. Gabriel 
 Street Church, on the 20th November, 1853 ; and the Rev. Mr. 
 Werner, now our worthy and much beloved Minister, held a sermon 
 on the 5th of February, 1854. Mr. Werner had been recommended 
 to us by the Synod of the State of New York, and was elected our 
 Pastoron a subsequent meeting, to commence bisdutieaon the Ist of 
 May, 1854. As we had no place of worship, we were kindly ac- 
 commodated by the second Congregational Church, then meeting in 
 Gosford Street for three years, when tWir place of worship was 
 bought by the Episcopalian Church. We met then with much kind- 
 ness, and liberality from the Trustees of St. Gabriel Street Free 
 Church, who allowed us the gratuitous Use of their building on Sun- 
 day mornings during the sumnier^of 1857. But winter approaching, 
 'we found Ourselves again in the predicament, to look out for a suitable 
 place of worship; and it was then, that the plan^ to build a ^mall 
 Church, edited to our simple wants, was formed and resolved upott? 
 i may tnentiOn here, that during the year 1854 we had bought an Har- 
 monium to assist our Choir, and that in the same year the act of our 
 incorporation had been passed by the Legislature. We had been 
 already (thanks to the liberality of our Protestant friends speaking the 
 English language) enabled to lay up the sum of $800, beingpartly the 
 
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 refi«lt of collection., p«rtly of receipts at the Bawar we h«W "J?"' . 
 Ghriatmas. 1855. Another Bazaar was held in the ast week of 1857, 
 which aglin brought u. a net receipt of $600. We then opened • 
 sabaeription for the building fund among ourselves, and^we found this 
 list at once swelling to about $1,000, thus malting a total of $2,400. 
 'We had now sufficient funds to commence with, and our next xm- 
 nesa was to find a suitable site. In this, we succeeded far beyond our 
 exDOCtatioBS. Through the Christian liberality of Mrs. Aylwin, the 
 ladfof the Hop. Mr. Justice Aylwin, we acquired the ground^ upon 
 which we at^w about to perform the solemn ceremony of laying 
 the Corner Sldne, on very favorable terms. The ground was broken 
 on theiM.th March, and the Church and parsonage are^ °®^, *!"£,? 
 contract to be finished by the Ist October next, at a cost of $5,600. 
 We all look forward to this period with joyful expectation, and we 
 hope that with the assistance of our LoUd, this Church may become 
 a blesainir to all those German Protestantg, who in future m«y cnoo*" 
 this beautiful and promising conntry as their adopted fatherland. 
 Thanking vou. Christian friends,for the patience wilh^wlgch you have 
 been kind enough to listen to these few remarks, I shall now, according , 
 to the order of the programme, call upon the .Chdlr, to tang the first 
 
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 The choir of the German congregation here sang ttither's celebrated 
 \ivvoxiE\w itMUBuxg i%tunstr Go«,- after which the Rev. Mf* 
 Werner, Pastor of the congregation, delivered, *° the Gertnan lapguagej 
 the following prayer and address: ^ 
 
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 O Lord our God and Father, from thee proceedeth evei^r l?ood 
 work whether to will or to do. Blessed be thy name that thou 
 hast worked in the hearts of this congregation to commence the 
 building of a bouse in which thy holy name should be exalted and 
 thv divine word proclaimed for the healing and comfort of many 
 souls. Be merciful to them, O God ; and as thou hast given thero^ 
 the will, be graciously pleased to assist them to the completion of 
 the work. Let the corner stone of this house be laid under thy 
 
 ' blesaing, and iU progress to completion be promoted by thy ^grace ; 
 for exc^t thou build the house, verily they that build it labour m 
 vain. Take, then, under thy fatherly protection the progress Of a 
 building which is meant for thy holy sanctuary— as a place where 
 thine honour shall be extolled and thy mighty works shall be de- 
 clared. Take all that labour at the building under thy providential 
 
 ' care ; preserve them from danger and disaster j and let the struc- 
 ture be completed wjth thy gracious aid so t^at it may stand a 
 worthy <erople for thine honor to dwell in. And as we this day 
 nra? for thy Help and blessing in the building of this earthly house, 
 io would we specially pray that thou wotildst at all tim es daiise this 
 • Our God la a strong Castle. 
 
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 ooDgregation to U built up upon the foundation of the apostlei and 
 prophet!, Jeaus Chriat being the chief corner itotte, to that throuirh 
 the power of thjUolJr Swrit, being linked together in the bondof 
 laitb and loYe, they may beeome a holy temple and habitation of the 
 u J *•;«»■»•' tri-une God, who can do exceeding and abundantly 
 beyond what we can either atk or think, to thee be honor and glory 
 in the church that it in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen I 
 
 S J?y™"y ^MviMA hearts, my beloved brethren we are here 
 auembled for the solemn work of laying the corner stone of a new 
 sanctuary of the Lord— the first German Church ever erected in 
 this populous and flourishing city :-.asserabled to speak and to hear 
 tbe words of deTotion, on this spot first uttered to-day in the accents 
 or our dear mother-tongue ; aiid with prayer and tuneful praise, and 
 ine xeadtng of God's word to consecrate the already begun labour 
 of ihe building. Uewry work and undertaking ought to be edm. 
 me^ed in the name of the Lord, ar the Apostle Paul directs, 
 i Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the 
 TLord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father through him,") 
 how much more does it become us to commence with prayer and 
 piourelevauon of the heart to God ««Cii a work as that which as- 
 jembles us to-day. How sublime— how encouraging for us all is 
 his holy ceremony. It forms a brilliant spot in the history of our 
 little community. That which so long and many a day we have ' 
 wisbed for, longed for, prayed for, is now about to go into fulfilment. 
 Ifou yourselves have spared neither exertions nor sacrifice.— W<tf 
 I must to-day openly avow to your credit. So much the more con- 
 fidently may you expect that He who has helped you hitherto will 
 not withdraijr His fostering hand for the future. . Our English bfe- 
 thren, too, who have so readily and generously assisted us, and to 
 Whom in name of you all I now desire to offer our heartfelt thanks. "■ 
 wui, I know, cdnttitue their kindness, and not aUow our hopes and 
 expectations to be blighted. y *»» 
 
 .^^^ there is something grand, important, indescribably 
 Jigniflcabtinthe erection of a place of worship. For is^not the 
 House ofGod the building-plot upon which we ourselve^afr lively 
 fitones are to be built up into that spiritual house of God whereof 
 Jesns Christ is the head atone of the corner. That ho^se is not 
 made with hands ; it is the church of believers and saints whom the 
 aon of God hath collated upon earth. Let us direct our eyes towards 
 tbis true church of theLord .-^ letus seek our edification upon iU foun. 
 dation and comer, ston^: thai it the most important lesson which 
 tne laying the cornerstone of a visible house of God can impress upon 
 our hearts. Here every thing is calling to us, "Other foundation can no 
 man lay than ihat is laid, which is Jesut Christ.*' Let us then briefly 
 
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 truth that Jesus Chnst is the only true foundation and corner atone of 
 
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 of the proposition ; and 2nd, to indicate the reflectioni that naturallr 
 flow from it, on the occasionoflayingthefoundation ofahouaeof God. 
 1* When Peter made the solemn confeauooy '*Lord,td trhoiQ 
 shall We go? Thou hast the words of eternal life ; and we be- 
 lieve and are sure that thou art the Christ, Jhe Son of the living 
 God ;" the Lord answered, « Blessed art thou, Simon Bar- Jonas, 
 for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, bat iny Father 
 which is in heaven. And I say unto thee, thou art Peter, and upon 
 this rock Willi build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not 
 prevail against it**' Thus, our Lord himself will be the founda- 
 tion ofHis Church. . Faith in Him as the Son of God, shall bear 
 nil, pervade all, bind together all. Peter and his fellow'apbstles 
 rest immediately upon this foundation-stone, and on them again 
 repose we all, who through their word have become believers. 
 And thus is light thrown upon the Apostle's langiiage, **Te are 
 built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus 
 Christ himself being the chief cornerstone) in whom all thtf build- 
 ing fitly framed together groweth into an holy temple in the 
 iiord." . The aposues abode strictly by this ordinance of the 
 Lord. Jesus Christ, hii cross and resurrectioui formed the sum 
 and substance of their whole preaching: it was iipon this that 
 they founded all their doctrines and all their admonitions : it waa 
 updn this foundation that they built the Christian Church: it was 
 not man's wisdomibut the grace of God in Christ Jesus, that they 
 proclaimed wherever they appeared as the ambassadors of Christ. 
 And thus it was that their preaching had such a captivating effect, 
 such astonishing results ; it was not human buj^Divine truth that 
 they had been commissioned to proclaim! In^this consciousness 
 of the truth and divmity of their preaching* they shrunk before 
 nb sufierings or afflictions. Not because they preached the doc- 
 trine of a Supreme Being, — not because they preached the duty 
 of universal love,— not because of these things did the^ meet with 
 persecution from the enemies of the Saviour ; but it was the doc- 
 trine of Christ crucified which was a stumbling>block to Jews and 
 foolishness to heathens. But for the sake of Jesus Christ they 
 joyfully submitted to every sort of ignominy, testifying only with so 
 much the more steadfastness and zeal that the stone which the 
 builders had rejected was become the head stone of the corner, and 
 that other foundation could no man lay than that which was laid, 
 which was Jesus Christ. That He, the Son of God, came into, 
 the world to save sinnere, is the cardinal and fundamental truth of 
 the Christian Church, for it is only through it that man can be 
 mnsformed into a new creature, and his earthly essence be trans- 
 figured into a heavenly one/Without Christ, communion with 
 God is unattainable by sinful man; for no man cometh to the 
 Father but through Him. Without Christ the best sermon re- 
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 May, then, in our Arst Oerii^att Bfangjftildal Church, tho corner 
 stone of which we this day lay in the name of the Lord, the Lord's 
 name long be proclaimed in demonstratioiL of the. spirit and ef 
 power. May many souls be thereby converted to him, and hallow- 
 ed by him ; and may the love of thft Lord spread from the spot on 
 which we tread, HIm a (ertilizlnff stream, over the wholO; of our 
 little .community. These are the wishes that (111 our hearts ; these 
 the prayers that we this day pt» up. to the Almighty. Hereto thou 
 help Us, O Almighty God and Father t Behold, our hopes and the 
 desires of our hi^arto are before thee. With chlld'like confidenee, 
 we commit them to thy paternal hands. Save now, we beseech thee, 
 O Lord ! O Lord, we beseech thee, send now prosperity.— Amen. 
 
 The Choir thisn sung the hymn, £o&0 den Herm, mtine Seeltm* 
 
 The Ber. Afr. Werner then proceeded to the place where th» 
 atone was ready to be laid, and after reading the passage,' Genesis 
 38, T. 22, and repeating the text, '^ Unless the Lord build the 
 House, they that build it labor in vain,** he Itook up the vessel, ber- 
 metloally seated, containing tbtf names of, the reigning Sovereign, 
 of the Governor General, of the Mayor of Montreal, of the Pastor, 
 Elders, and Deacons oi the new Church, apecimehs of the current 
 coin of the realm, and copies of the Jinntfeal Heraid, Gazette, 
 Trantior^t, Pilot, Jidvertittr, and 19^t<iieM,and placed it in a cavity 
 prepared /or it. A tightly fitting plate of brass was adjusted over it, 
 and the mortar distributed with a small silver trowel, which the 
 reverend gentleman held in his hand. The stone was then lowered 
 intoits position ; and struck three times with a mahogany mallet, 
 wielded by the Rev. Mr. Werner, and decorated, like the trowel, 
 with.a blue ribbon. 
 
 After striking the stone three times with the mallet, he said: 
 **In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
 Ghost. Amen. I lay the corner stone of a Duitding to be beire 
 erected and known by the name of the Gbhman Evanoblical St. 
 JTorm's Chvbch, and te be dedicated to the worship of Almighty 
 God, according to the Confession of the' German Lutheran and Re. 
 formed Chnrch, by the services of the holy ministry, and to other 
 religious purposes. Other foundatfon can no roan lay than that is 
 laid, which is Christ Jesus, God overall, blessed for ever, in whom 
 we have redemption through his blood, and forgiveness of sins, itc. 
 . cording to the richei of his grace. Amen.*' 
 
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 The reverend gentleman then offered up the followiog prayer: ' 
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 thee, by Ihj Dow;er and love. May the key-sione, as now ihS 
 ^ner-alone. be laid in blestioi: and may af falihful eongretatioo 
 icon be here joyfully aiMmbled. Unite tbem firmer and firmer in the 
 fenile bonda of respecl, confidence and love, with the magiiiratei and 
 their fellow^cltizena. Bleaa thii city and all ita inbabitanta: Mar 
 
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 The Rev. Dr. Wilkea then made a ftw brief and appropriate re- 
 mark.. ^He aaid he was glad to sea^the German Proteatanta of the 
 city make auch a aucceisful effort toeatabliah a place of worahip wbers 
 they could praise God in their own language. He apoke/be wa» 
 certain, the feelings of the Christian Church of Montreal when be 
 lT!!f*l uf** wntiments J it waa pleasant, and the Mayor, who 
 was beside him would endorse the senUment, as a representative of 
 the eitizena, to aee established in Montreal a congregation apeakintf 
 thother language; praising God in another of the European tongues. 
 He would caU upon the Christiana of the city to bail thia occasion at 
 a^new epoch among their churches ; and he would also call upon 
 them to aisist their beloved friends of an another nationality, in an 
 effective way, so that they might be enabled to complete their churoh 
 aa well aa the^partonage. they were erecting for Uielr pastor beside it 
 _ I ne nev. m r. Bonar delivered a short address. He congratulated 
 wie C^erman eongregation on what they had effected. He was glad to 
 hear the choir sing one of those grand old hymns, by which Luther 
 awoke up Germany, and he hoped that such hymns as this and such 
 Fk'^®? n ??y'i»'*heajpd delivered, would sliil accompany the wor- 
 ship of God in this Church 5 and that the Gospel would always be 
 preached inside ita^walls, in the spirit and language of Luther: 
 
 Ihe Key. Mr. Kemp follbwed. He was glad to stand there, and 
 look upon what^the German congregation had performed. He 
 wished them the highest success, and hoped that the best results miabt 
 flow from their efforts j and concluded by advising them to make 
 every effort to keep their church free from debt, for it was a sad 
 ®J^® ..T*^®***?.PJ**?® of worship, and he was spre that in this 
 respect they would be seconded by their Protestant friends in the ciiy. 
 He concluded by congratulating them upon the, fruits of their ehristian 
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 The Natidnal Anthem was (heft sung by the choir : the bystandera 
 remaining uncovered. * ' 
 
 The proceedings terminated with the benediction, pronounced in 
 German by tb^^v. Mr. Werner. 
 
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